A few highly endowed men will rescue the world for centuries to come-sadly, I ain’t one of ‘em. Pauci altus locupletatus men mos eripio orbis terrarum pro centuries ut adveho – miserabile EGO ain’t unus of em.

HOMILIES AND HOMILY NOTES: Lesson and Gospel. Please Note: A number of the links below are to online books. You can use the site’s zoom feature at the bottom of the page to increase the text size for easier reading.

Anglican Use Daily Office. ”Briefly, it is a provision for an “Anglican style” liturgy similar to the Book of Common Prayer as an ecclesiastically approved variant on the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.”More info.

The Wednesday Word. Reflections and commentary on the Sunday readings by Father Dom Henry Wansbrough, O.S.B. He is a world renowned biblical scholar who contributed four commentaries on the NT section of the New Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture (Matt, Mark, Acts, Pastorals), and was general editor of the New Jerusalem Bible.

As noted in a previous post, severe weather and flooding have caused these resources to be delayed. Additional resources such as podcasts and links to other sites (under the heading “General Resources”) may or may not be posted by Sunday.

SUNDAY, JULY 7, 2013ORDINARY FORM OF THE ROMAN RITEFOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Anglican Use Daily Office. ”Briefly, it is a provision for an “Anglican style” liturgy similar to the Book of Common Prayer as an ecclesiastically approved variant on the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.”More info.

This post contains resources (biblical and homiletic) for both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite. A couple of commentaries are listed as pending, and I hope to have them up by later tonight, or on Wednesday evening. I will add a General Resources category for the Ordinary Form, and also some podcasts as well.

SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013ORDINARY FORM OF THE ROMAN RITETENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME.

Anglican Use Daily Office. ”Briefly, it is a provision for an “Anglican style” liturgy similar to the Book of Common Prayer as an ecclesiastically approved variant on the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.”More info.

This post contains links to a number of general resources relating to Pentecost, followed by specific resources (mostly biblical commentaries) for both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite. A few resources are marked “pending” and will be made available Sunday or Monday evening. If any further resources are added these will be marked “update.” Resources for the Vigil Mass of Pentecost can be found here.

GENERAL RESOURCESPENTECOST SUNDAYMAY 19, 2013

Catechism of the Catholic Church. Contains links to all the articles on the Holy Spirit. For catechism texts quoting or referencing the specific Mass readings see the “Homilist’s Catechism” links in the Ordinary and Extraordinary sections below.

Anglican Use Daily Office. ”Briefly, it is a provision for an “Anglican style” liturgy similar to the Book of Common Prayer as an ecclesiastically approved variant on the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.”More info.

Anglican Use Daily Office. ”Briefly, it is a provision for an “Anglican style” liturgy similar to the Book of Common Prayer as an ecclesiastically approved variant on the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.”More info.

GENERAL RESOURCES: Sites which offer commentaries, reflections, summaries,etc., on one or more of the readings in a single post.

Sacerdos. Gives the theme(s) of the readings, the doctrinal message, and pastoral application.

Lector Notes. Brief historical and theological background on the readings. Can be printed out, copied, and used as bulletin insert.

Scripture Speaks. Since the site doesn’t post every week I’ve linked to the archive.

The Bible Workshop. Links to several relevant articles, contains a reading guide to the gospel text, a comparison of the readings, suggestions for a lesson (i.e., homily).

The Wednesday Word. It’s about the Sunday readings, but the document is posted on Wednesday, hence the name. Designed for prayer and reflection, the pdf document ends with Father Dom Henry Wansbrough’s reflections on the first and second readings. Fr. Wansbrough is General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible and contributed commentaries on Matt, Mark, and the Pastorals in A New Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture.

Roman Missal. Latin & English side by side. Be sure correct date is set.

Roman Breviary. Latin & English side by side. Be sure correct date is set.

Goffine’s Instruction on the Epistle and Gospel. Famous devotional work in English. Similar to the content in the Missal link but it also includes brief instructions on the readings plus a brief essay on Encouragement to Patience in Adversity, base upon John 16:20.